Holiday Inn Tucumcari

... This one was called the "Devil's Rope Museum". It was a museum all about barbed wire. Now if your thinking, "Barbed Wire? What could there be to see?". A LOT! I've never seen so many examples of barbed wire.   There must have been thousands of examples of different ways to form this stuff. Not to mention several different sculptures made from barbed wire as well as the different machinery used ...

... to a very cold fog, we bundled in four layers of every material we had. Fifty degrees sounds balmy after a Michigan winter, but not at 75 mph for 8 hours. So we again hit the super-slab heading for Amarillo, TX. A very low ceiling kept it cold and misting most of the day, but any real rain again went around us. Trying to make up a little time the only ...

Got an early start today on our way to New Mexico. We travelled from Dallas to Oklahoma City, then on to Los Alamos Texas and finally made it into Tucumcari just before nightfall. Hungry we asked about a restaurant and were directed to Dean's Place where the meatloaf, mashed potato ...

... We read about this just two days ago in Fort Sill and the ranchers in recognition of this chiefs services, built him a large 2 storied house as a way of showing appreciation. This, in itself, created a challenge for him, because he was accused of being "bought" by "the white man", yet he was simply quick to recognise the "Old ways" had passed. His tribe did well out of the arrangement by way of the rent/royalties received as an ongoing income. After our relaxed cuppa, the ...

... of the dry air and heat. The land was flat and barren, and the sun was unrelenting. Even though we hadn't spend much time outside of the air conditioned car, I was ready to see a tree or two. The only tree in sight was in an abandoned town by the side of the road, so we stopped to check it out. Nothing much is happening in Cuervo anymore, and it was a spooky place. I was happy to get back on the road to Santa Fe for dinner.

Now we officially started our Route 66 self-guided tour. We began from Tucumcari, NM with the hopes of checking out their dinosaur museum. Unfortunately, the museum was closed due to it being a Monday as well as a holiday. The rest of the city was not impressive so we decided to move on back to TX via the historic Route 66.

... still be on. We'll have to settle on seeing it in the daylight. So we are parked for the night. Don't know the plan for tomorrow yet. Sounds like Adrian, TX for lunch and Shamrock,TX for dinner. Other than that, we still have to plan it so I'll let you know.

... preparing mentally and physically for another day of driving. Google says it is 5 1/2 hours drive to OKC, plus I lose 2 hours changing time zones. I haven't had to eat out too much as I brought food with me and have been munching on it since I left. I will get on the road now before it gets too hot.

Dear friends & family, It has been a most interesting day. I found out last night I was not too far from the Petrified forest. I have had a longing to visit there since I was a kid and someone introduced me to petrified wood. I have included several photos from the Petrified forest as well as a few others from my days journey. Enjoy ...

... not that it's a contest, we are a team after all. Jenn did point out that Texas looked just like Oklahoma, which looked just like Arkansas. We decided that we wanted to spend as little time as possible in the land of "Dub-yah" and kept right on driving. Taking most of our pictures from the car. At 3:30 we saw the "Leaning Tower of Texas," a water tower that was built on an angle. At 3:45 we saw the western hemisphere's largest cross, gotta ...